In the presence of such weird and wondrous beauty [the night heavens], the tenderest sentiments of the heart are aroused. A feeling of awe and reverence, of softened melancholy mingled with a thought of God, comes over us, and awakens the better nature within us.

The Story of the Stars: New Descriptive Astronomy, Introductory Remarks (p. 1), American Book Co. 1884